Hunter

#841 for girls in 2025, 323 births · #130 for boys in 2025, 2,761 births
Given to boys 94.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
#35
2000 · 12,538 births
Debut · boys
1880
12 births
In top 100 · boys
29 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
262,238
since 1880

Hunter over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201955peak #304, 1998peak #35, 2000girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#841323#1302,761
2024#878307#1282,852
2023#806347#1153,131
2022#782364#1013,605
2021#816340#864,206
2020#830329#684,786
2019#861311#665,398
2018#825329#566,117
2017#736384#536,760
2016#842338#457,681
2015#791356#418,367
2014#768364#408,841
2013#929273#368,988
2012#1,179208#458,053
2011#1,217197#557,380
2010#1,317178#587,334
2009#1,301186#567,751
2008#1,257200#548,045
2007#1,194212#578,218
2006#1,050244#548,574
2005#1,027236#538,512
2004#742354#498,902
2003#764324#419,900
2002#561472#3811,085
2001#441628#3611,335
2000#402714#3512,538
1999#354844#3611,485
1998#304997#3611,078
1997#371728#448,405
1996#355782#477,603
1995#340774#536,715
1994#327822#675,585
1993#519471#973,792
1992#1,381119#1352,541
1991#2,93539#1671,929
1990#3,02237#2191,391
1989#3,47729#2251,206
1988#2,86736#243980
1987#5,31214#271806
1986#3,36026#306671
1985#3,98320#336567
1984#4,47816#380459
1983#4,68615#437357
1982#9,2376#474317
1981#5,25413#518266
1980#6,7899#548242
1979#6,18910#611196
1978#5,95810#695145
1977#5,88810#668160
1976#5,21511#732130
1975—#796109
1974—#83792
1973#6,6667#84787
1972—#87784
1971—#81199
1970—#776113
1969—#77898
1968—#76594
1967—#81180
1966#6,5645#88866
1965—#89767
1964—#88175
1963—#90668
1962—#87176
1961—#91569
1960—#89771
1959—#94666
1958—#95663
1957#6,0865#88972
1956—#94662
1955—#1,01155
1954—#89268
1953—#1,15541
1952—#1,00251
1951—#1,00549
1950—#98949
1949—#96751
1948—#1,00149
1947—#83968
1946—#84860
1945—#91649
1944—#1,01841
1943—#1,03742
1942—#1,05441
1941—#1,15233
1940—#1,09036
1939—#1,01539
1938—#1,14932
1937—#1,09435
1936—#1,41722
1935—#95644
1934—#94245
1933—#1,12434
1932—#88852
1931—#91050
1930—#1,09340
1929—#83661
1928—#90255
1927—#91156
1926—#85560
1925—#1,20135
1924—#82367
1923—#80369
1922—#92856
1921#5,0995#1,01148
1920—#80569
1919—#89855
1918—#78968
1917—#82260
1916—#92247
1915—#86850
1914—#81942
1913—#78936
1912—#83528
1911—#79317
1910—#75516
1909—#80413
1908—#68515
1907—#73513
1906—#67413
1905—#63614
1904—#53817
1903—#1,1305
1902#1,5946#55615
1901—#7798
1900—#74312
1899—#66110
1898—#70110
1897—#7878
1896—#53415
1895—#8727
1894—#7309
1893—#57212
1892—#64111
1891—#56411
1890—#7398
1889—#58111
1888—#48416
1887——
1886—#7587
1885—#60410
1884—#8486
1883—#7996
1882—#61110
1881—#7816
1880—#52612
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Hunter was already there! It came in at #526, and was given to 12 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1887, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Hunter
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 2 spots since 2024 (#128 → #130)
  • 62 spots since 2020 (#68 → #130)
  • 89 spots since 2015 (#41 → #130)
  • Biggest jump: 592 spots in 1904 (#1,130 → #538)
  • Biggest drop: 574 spots in 1903 (#556 → #1,130)
Rise & fade · boys
120 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2000 at #35 (12,538 births)
  • Births halved by 2018, 18 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 29 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 29 yrs · run 1993–2021
  • Top 1,000: 126 yrs · run 1956–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 157
  • Highest: 1 in 157 boys born in 2000 were named Hunter (0.64%)
  • Latest: 1 in 619 boys born in 2025 (0.16%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 36.2% of all boys named Hunter (94,860) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s84#484 (1888)#666
1890s101#534 (1896)#680
1900s125#538 (1904)#728
1910s419#755 (1910)#829
1920s576#803 (1923)#908
1930s393#888 (1932)#1,059
1940s470#839 (1947)#992
1950s576#889 (1957)#979
1960s764#765 (1968)#861
1970s1,215#611 (1979)#765
1980s5,871#225 (1989)#374
1990s60,524#36 (1999)#90
2000s94,860#35 (2000)#47
2010s74,919#36 (2013)#50
2020s21,341#68 (2020)#105

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Hunter in 1955

boys
#1,011
55 births · 1 in 37,453 boys

Top boys' names in 1955

  1. #1Michael88,355
  2. #2David86,306
  3. #3James84,186
  4. #4Robert83,758
  5. #5John80,128
  6. #6William59,990
  7. #7Richard53,566
  8. #8Thomas45,855
  9. #9Mark42,255
  10. #10Steven37,847
  11. #1,011Hunter55
More about 1955

boys

2,059,889 boys got a published name in 1955; 1 in 37,453 of them was named Hunter, which outranked 77.0% of the 4,400 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hunter
  1. #1,002Reese56
  2. #1,002Sebastian56
  3. #1,002Walton56
  4. #1,011Hunter55
  5. #1,011Bernardo55
  6. #1,011Beverly55
  7. #1,011Donna55
  8. #1,022Aldo54
  9. #1,022Alec54
  10. #1,022Brion54

Tied with 10 names at #1,011; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1954
Risers
  1. ↑ 808Davy#1,333 → #525
  2. ↑ 326Wyatt#985 → #659
  3. ↑ 323Moises#1,311 → #988
  4. ↑ 296Tad#1,068 → #772
  5. ↑ 286Rhett#1,122 → #836
Fallers
  1. ↓ 738Rahn#908 → #1,646
  2. ↓ 415Ricci#739 → #1,154
  3. ↓ 321Meredith#952 → #1,273
  4. ↓ 309Michial#985 → #1,294
  5. ↓ 282Arvin#973 → #1,255

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1955 →